Treatment of prisoners of "subversive war" in the counterinsurgency regulations of the Argentine Army (1955-1976)

This article analyses the construction of a counterinsurgency doctrinal framework in the Argentine Army between 1955 and 1976. In particular, the study focuses on the definitions and methods of treatment to use with the so-called "prisoners of war" in the case that the Armed Forces had to face a subversive threat. For this, it will be study a series of military regulations made during the years in question. The aim is to show the increasing militarization of internal security based on the counterinsurgency war approach towards the repression of internal conflictivity by the military actor.